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>>>now to the crisis in
ukraine
, and key meetings this morning between vice president
joe biden
and political leaders there. nbc's chief foreign correspondent
richard engel
is here with more for us. richard, good morning.

>>good morning. strong words from
joe biden
. he says that
russia
must withdraw all of its troops from
ukraine
's border, and says the time has come for
russia
to act.

>>good morning.

>> reporter: in
ukraine
, vice president
joe biden
said
washington
would stand with the government in
kiev
despite what
washington
says are
russia
's attempts to undermine it.
ukraine
, which toppled its pro-
russian president
earlier this year, setting off the crisis with
moscow
, is scheduled to hold elections in may. vice president biden said the vote should go ahead.

>>the people of
ukraine
should have the right to choose their own future.

>> reporter: but
ukraine
is set to hold that vote, even as its territory is being lost to men in masks.
moscow
and
washington
have both agreed that militias in
ukraine
should be disarmed, but the militias continued to occupy buildings in
eastern ukraine
. the
ukrainian government
says the militias aren't standing down because they are russian troops and gave european monitors these photographs to prove it.
kiev
claims the photos show that some of the militiamen in the east are the very same men
moscow
used to take over crimea and other territory. take a look at the big man with the beard photographed in
eastern ukraine
last week.
kiev
says six years ago, he was with
russian special forces
in a war with georgia.
moscow
denies it controls the militias.
ukraine
says they are part of a first wave, a russian takeover in disguise.